Bio & Info

Rebecca Sandelin is an artist-photographer and freelance scholar in photography and visual culture. She received a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Photography from Edinburgh Napier University School of Arts and Creative Industries in 2016 and a Master of Letters in History of Photography from University of St Andrews, School of Art History in 2018 where she received a Dean’s Letter of Academic Excellence. She also holds a Masters of Arts in Photography at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.


Her broad educational background and sustained passion for the photographic medium has led to a continued development of a holistic understanding of photography and its historical and contemporary contexts and relations to and with art, media, and visual culture. 


Her practice includes photographic objects, installations, performances, sound, and video along with academic writing and research projects. Her works have been exhibited in Finland and Scotland, including Streetlevel Photoworks in Glasgow, Scotland and Laterna Magic in Helsinki, Finland. 

Education

Master of Arts in Photography

Aalto University, School of Arts, Architecture and Design, 

Department of Art and Media


Master of Letters in History of Photography with Distinction

Recipient of The Dean’s List Award for academic excellence

University of St Andrews, School of Art History


Bachelor of Arts in Photography with First Class Honours

Edinburgh Napier University, School of Arts and Creative Industries


Diploma in Photographic Arts

Västra Nylands Folkhögskola

Selected Exhibitions

Currently working in Finland,

Available for commissions and collaborations internationally 

and nationally.

Works currently for sale at

Lilla Gallerian

In Kungsgatan 4, Ekenäs, Finland

Representing Religion, as part of Garden of Minds, Group Exhibition, 2013

Galleria Zebra, Karis, Finland


Kuukauden Nuori Taiteilija, Solo Exhibition, 2014

Gumbostrand Konst & Form, Sipoo, Finland


Miscellaneous works, in

Nuorten Taiteilijoiden Kesänäyttely, Group Exhibition, 2015

Galleria Uusitalo, Inkoo, Finland


Illustrated Bodies, in

Media Medicum: Re-Interpreting 19th Century Medical Phenomena,

Group Exhibition, 2015

Gallery Seventeen, Edinburgh, United Kingdom


Virtual Lands, in Edinburgh Napier Degree Show, Group Exhibition, 2016

Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom


Virtual Lands, in Futureproof 2016, Group Exhibition, 2016

Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, United Kingdom


Virtual Lands, as part of Future Late, Group Exhibition, 2016

Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, London, United Kingdom


White Blank Places, Solo Exhibition, 2020

Skärgårdsbutiken - Saaristokauppa, Espoo, Finland


We Were Made For More, Solo Exhibition, 2021

Laterna Magica, Helsinki, Finland


A Walk, Solo Exhibition, 2021

Skärgårdsbutiken - Saaristokauppa, Espoo, Finland


On Circulation, Group Exhibition, 2022

Aalto University, Espoo, Finland


Welcome to Uncanny Valley,

MOA Photography 2023, Group Exhibition, 2023

Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland


Welcome to Uncanny Valley & Virtual Lands 2.0,

Solo exhibition, 2023

V2 Gallery, Espoo, Finland


Aallokko / Tides / Tidsvatten,

Group Exhibition, 2023

Espoo Cultural Centre, Espoo, Finland


Art on the Loop Europe 2023

Grupputställning, 2023

The Holy Art Gallery, Brussel, Amsterdam & Paris


Capital of Game Art,

Group Exhibition, 2023

Kohoa Synergiakeskus, Kouvola, Finland


The 11th Hour, White Blank Places & this world of ours, 

Solo exhibition, 2025

Laterna Magica, Helsinki, Finland


TEOSVÄLITYS 2025,

Art Sales Event

Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland


The 11th Hour, Solo exhibition, 2025

Walleniuksen Wapriikki, Juupajoki, Finland

Publications

‘Between Me & Myself’, b3,

Photo-book, Self-published, 2014


‘An Introduction to Media Medicum’,

Media Medicum: Re-Interpreting 19th Century Medical Phenomena, Exhibition Catalogue, Self-published, 2015


A Short History of Repeat Photography:

From Science to Art and Popular Culture,

Short-form Research Essay, Wikimedia Suomi, 2020


A Walk,

Photo-book, Self-published, (Work-In-Progress)


Search for An Unknown Monster,

Zine, Self-published, (Work-in-Progress)

Copyright © Rebecca Sandelin 

All rights reserved 2025-2026

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